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Eskimo Knell

Leslie Gibbard (1945-2010)

Price
£850
Signed
Signed, inscribed with title and 'The Guardian', and dated '16 February 1981'
Provenance
Lord Mcalpine of West Green.
The Jeffrey Archer Political Cartoon Collection
Illustrated
Guardian, 16 February 1981
Exhibited
'The Illustrators; The British Art of Illustration 1837-2011', Chris Beetles Gallery, London, November 2011-January 2012, no 280

'In the first couple of years of the 1980’s Peter Thorneycroft found himself in disagreement with Margaret Thatcher’s monetary policy. He and Francis Pym are believed to have plotted Margaret Thatcher’s downfall and Pym’s succession as Prime Minister. This cartoon shows Francis Pym and Thorneycroft cutting Geoffrey Howe and Margaret Thatcher adrift on an iceberg. The cartoon was given to me by Ian Aitken then political editor of the Guardian.'
Alistair Mcalpine

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